Younger Memnon/acquisition

Famous quotes containing the words younger and/or acquisition:

    The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.
    Jane Austen (1775–1817)

    Always and everywhere children take an active role in the construction and acquisition of learning and understanding. To learn is a satisfying experience, but also, as the psychologist Nelson Goodman tells us, to understand is to experience desire, drama, and conquest.
    Carolyn Edwards (20th century)